I also tend to go back to this thread. I used to sew much more when I was young but still doing curtains and repairs but mostly heavy duty stuff like bikeluggage and cowers. I used to have four machines but gave a older (straight and zig zag) Bernina to two teenage sisters who wanted one but could not afford. Great machie but I do not need four!

So today I pulled out my 50`s? Janome (straight stitch only) in wery good condition to post it on the local craiglist. Decided to try it first (did not use it much) and discowered it is great! In a test it stitched trough six layers of that 1" nylon webbing i often use. How can I sell it now??

I need to take a closer look at the black (w gold ornaments) hand machine I used for anything from kites (beautiful stitching on light material) to bag for Dogbike2. Thought I`d newer get rid of it but I do not use it much now..

Guess I`ll just wrap it in a plastic bag and store it in a corner and get rid of some bikes instead. Got wayyy too many bikes.

I like your blog graywolf, I`ll read more about the tension later.